The 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition ended on Friday, 3 July 2009, with the closing session containing presentations of Giovanni Federigo De Santi, General Chairman of the 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Director of the Institute for Energy (IE), Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, and Jean-Franςois Dallemand, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, and one of the Technical Programme Coordinators.

During the Conference a wide range of topics along the Biomass value chain were covered in about 1000 individual plenary, oral, and visual presentations.  More than 1300 delegates from 77 countries met in Hamburg, Germany, to discuss Biomass and the future development on an international basis.

Participants from research institutions, companies and the policy used the event as a discussion and networking platform. Delegations and participants from e.g. North America and Canada, Africa, India and Russia used the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition to get latest updates about the Biomass technology and the challenges and targets for the next years.

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Giovanni Federigo De Santi
Director
Institute for Energy (IE)
JRC - European Commission

COORDINATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROGRAMME:
Jean-François Dallemand
Heinz Ossenbrink
Joint Research Centre
European Commission
Institute for Energy